All that we are not stares back at what we are.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.